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J. STBINBR. Mosquito Bar Supporter.

No. 241,829. Patented May 24, |881.

UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J ULIUS STEINER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MOSQUITO-BAR SU PPO RTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,829, dated May 24, 1881 Application filed June 2, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that J ULIUs STEINER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain lmprovemen ts in Mosquito- Bar Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, land exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The purpose of this invention is to forni a mosquito-bar supporter which can be adjusted to any desired height, and which, when not in use, can be shut together and turned away out of sight; and this invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiva View illustratingmyinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view ot' modified form ot' supporter.

A is a hollow fixed guide, secured by brackets a or otherwise to the back of the headboard B of the bedstead. Inside of this guide slides the bar or rod C, which has a curved top, C', in which is hinged, at d, the overhanging arm D, to which is attached the frame ot' the mosquito-bar, and said arm D is held in its upward or extended position by a curved brace,

E, pivoted to said arm at e, and having a shoulder, e', which engages against the lower side of a slot, e2, in the straight portion of the bar or rod O. The shoulder c' is held from disengagement by a coiled spring, c3, in said bar or rod O.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the rod C and guide A both turn in a top bracket, a, and on a step or bearing, a', and they are secured at any position to which they are turned by means ot a setscrew, a2. The bar O is held at any required height by its clamping-screw c, which passes through a slot in the slide of the housing A, and clamps against the side of the same to hold the rod O xedly at any desired height.

When not in use the device can be turned around and folded together, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a mosquito -bar supporter, of the hinged arm l) and brace E, having a shoulder, e', with the rod O, having a slot, e2, and spring e3, as and for the purpose set forth.

J ULIUS STEINER. Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS, CHARLES PIGKLEs. 

